Rural leader from Arauquita, Arauca unjustly arrested

26.05.08

Yesterday, May 24, 2008, the Colombian National Police arrested campesino leader Juan Manuel Pedrozo, president of the Communal Action Committee (local government) of the village of San Miguel (Arauquita municipality, Arauca department) and a coordinator of the local chapter of the Peasant-Farmer Association of Arauca.

According to the information currently available, our comrade Juan Manuel was delivered to the prosecutor’s office with after a fabricated arrest warrant was issued for him — another case of persecution and legal harassment of community leaders both in the region and the entire country.

We demand respect for the life of Juan Manuel Pedrozo as well as the protection of his right to due process.

Peasant-Farmer Association of Arauca
Saturday, May 24, 2008

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